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  • Airmen mentor next generation with new '54321 Read' program

    Four Sheppard Airmen visited the Child Development Center to read stories to children during the biweekly 54321 Read program tour Aug. 9.54321 Read is a program that was started in May and allows Team Sheppard volunteers to participate in 'story time' with any of the classes held at the CDC. Elsie

  • Happy Hour Comedy Tour: It's comedy with a message

    A comedy act with a serious message provided a new and innovative way to raise awareness and dangers of alcohol abuse to Airmen at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, during the Happy Hour Comedy Tour held at the base theater Aug. 5. To reinforce the mission behind the tour, a Non-alcoholic Happy Hour

  • Air Force seeks new 'IDEAs' through program

    Sheppard's Innovative Development through Employee Awareness office is looking to base personnel for "IDEAs" that would help improve day-to-day operations for the base and the Air Force.IDEA is an employee-involvement tool for identifying process improvement opportunities. The IDEA program gives

  • 982nd TRG changes command

    The 982nd Training Group welcomed its new commander, Col. Peter Markle, Aug. 6 during a change of command ceremony in Hangar 1360.The 982nd TRG mission is to provide quality hands-on aircraft, munitions and communications-electronics maintenance training to meet the evolving needs of its primary

  • 82nd Training Wing recognizes outstanding Airmen of the quarter

    The 82nd Training Wing recognized the efforts of outstanding members of Team Sheppard during the Wing Quarterly Awards ceremony at the base theater July 30. The winners of the April-June quarter are as follows: - Senior Airman Timmie Bately, 82nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron, won the Airman award.-

  • Sheppard Elementary gets a $1.5 million facelift

    Amongst the clamor of a bulldozer and work crews, there is the silent evidence of paint beginning to dry and new tile setting at Sheppard Elementary. For Sheppard's school family, the excitement isn't just about new school clothes and supplies. They'll be walking in to a whole new school. The

  • Community, Sheppard leaders meet to aid partnership

    Brig. Gen. Darryl Burke, 82nd Training Wing commander, and Command Chief Chief Master Sgt. David Nelson visited surrounding communities Aug. 5 to gain firsthand knowledge of the strong partnerships between Burkburnett, Iowa Park and Wichita Falls.The purpose of the city tour was to help build a